- Hardcover: 1 pages
- Publisher: RED WHEEL; New edition edition (Jun 7 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 087728900X
- ISBN-13: 978-0877289005
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.5 x 4.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 680 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,215,607 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Psychological Commentaries on the teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky by Maurice Nicoll are the best, most in depth and easiest to understand books on the subject of Gurdjieff's and Ouspensky's teachings. Everyone interested in Gurdjieff's and Ouspensky's teachings should read all five volumes. Regardless of what spiritual path a person is on, the psychological commentaries can be a big help because they detail on a day-to-day basis the obstacles the false personality creates and how to conquer and remove those obstacles. Very few books have ever been written that go into great detail exposing the tricks the imaginary I uses to prevent people from succeeding in their spiritual goals. The psychological commentaries do just that. The Psychological Commentaries is the classic work on the fundamental ideas of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky, expounded by one of their foremost students. The Commentaries, concerned with the immediate processes of applying certain principles in daily life, have come to be known and loved by entire generations of people interested in the ongoing evolution of psychological transformation. One of the leading British psychologists of his time, Maurice Nicoll was a student of Jung, Gurdjieff, and Ouspensky. At the latter's request, he devoted the last twenty years of his life to passing on the ideas he had received from his teachers. This devotion culminated in the five volumes of the Psychological Commentaries on the teaching of Gurdjieff & Ouspensky. The ISBN's are: Volume One 978-0-9829651-5-3. Volume Two 978-0-9829651-6-0. Volume Three 978-0-9829651-7-7. Volume Four 978-0-9829651-8-4. Volume Five 978-0-9829651-9-1.
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Paperback
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Does "I" make you ...., baby?,
By The four pillars of THE WORK are: 1. self-remembering 2. self-observation 3. non-identification 4. non-expression of negativity (If you don't know what these signify, you don't need these volumes. Go read Uspenskii's "4th Way".) The tenets are the same as found in all religons read gnostically: man as we know him, and as we are each of us constituted, lacks a central, permanent, unchangeable "I". This is the basis of Zen, alchemy... all mystical traditions. This curious psychological truth is exactly what constitutes the force of "loving one's enemies" - one is displaying a tour de force of psychological freedom par excellence. THE WORK is a respectable business nowadays. It is perhaps a little dangerous for those lacking a sufficient background in subjects arcane, as the elegant power and demonstrable truth of its tenets easily overwhelm the uninitiated. These commentaries are an excellent exegesis.
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If we are mechanical beings, is everyone we know a robot?,
By Mnemosyne (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews I have lived for long periods of time in different cultures, Europe, America, Asia and the hypnotic pulsation of localized forces that freeze the masses has been the one unchanging phenomenon, the great constant. There's one thing about these books though - you won't find many people who really know what all of this means, although it's easy to run into people who whip "bibles" out of their mind/brains. These books are not that, and one needs to be wary of falling into this most ancient trap. What this literature does provide is a delicacy and precision of thought, a unique and precious humanity, an antidote to the poison...
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Serious self help for those aware of a larger existance.,
By A Customer
These books are for people confused by, or struggling with life.If you know, somewhere deep with-in, that there is a much greater meaning to life than that which you behold on a daily basis, if you possess what the Author refers to as "magnetic center", than these volumes could be for you. It's safe to assume that, in todays world,the very idea of one questioning their relationship to life and the cosmos are largely non exsistant. This is why the world is in the condition that it is in.I couldn't possibly go into the psycology the books offer here. The information is serious. It is real. It's not for everybody. It wasn't intended to be.For me, when I hear more and more about children shooting children on play grounds, and life seems to slip further and further into what a sane person would call insanity, Maurice Nicole has provided a life line that i can hold on to tightly.
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